When was it published?

January 30, 1863 in The Hancock Jeffersonian

Domestic News January 30, 1863

The Hancock Jeffersonian

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Negro Soldiers, Port Hudson, Banks Expedition, Forts Jackson St Philip, General Phelps, Infantry Drill

Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio

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Officer in Banks' expedition reports rebels using negroes as superior artillerists at Port Hudson; U.S. Government manning Forts Jackson and St. Philip with negroes and drilling 3,000 as infantry under General Phelps.

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Negro Soldiers.—An officer in Banks' expedition writes that the rebel guns at Port Hudson are worked entirely by negroes, who make the best heavy artillerists in the world, being very muscular, and their brains not being affected by the concussion from the discharge. Our own Government is beginning to realize this fact, and Forts Jackson and St. Philip are now being manned by negroes. There are now about 3,000 of them thoroughly drilled in ground movements as infantry, without arms, by General Phelps.

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Military Slave Related

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Negro Soldiers Port Hudson Banks Expedition Forts Jackson St Philip General Phelps Infantry Drill

What entities or persons were involved?

Banks General Phelps

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Banks General Phelps

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An officer in Banks' expedition writes that the rebel guns at Port Hudson are worked entirely by negroes, who make the best heavy artillerists in the world, being very muscular, and their brains not being affected by the concussion from the discharge. Our own Government is beginning to realize this fact, and Forts Jackson and St. Philip are now being manned by negroes. There are now about 3,000 of them thoroughly drilled in ground movements as infantry, without arms, by General Phelps.